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Re: Reference Recordings
« Reply #30 on: July 28, 2012, 06:34:26 PM »
Quote from: LFF on July 28, 2012, 06:19:04 PM

I haven't heard the new SACD though....original SACD is fantastic.

Really?? I had always heard that the original SACD was just a lazy PCM upconversion and that it was junk.

The Japanese gold Mastersound is 1992. 
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Re: Reference Recordings
« Reply #31 on: July 28, 2012, 06:50:11 PM »
Quote from: DaveBSC on July 28, 2012, 06:34:26 PM
Quote from: LFF on July 28, 2012, 06:19:04 PM

I haven't heard the new SACD though....original SACD is fantastic.

Really?? I had always heard that the original SACD was just a lazy PCM upconversion and that it was junk.

The Japanese gold Mastersound is 1992.

The Mastersound is not the one you want.

You want the LEGACY re-issue.

The original SACD, the SACD single layer, released in Japan has the original 3 channels on there. If you balance them properly...it's fantastic.
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Re: Reference Recordings
« Reply #32 on: July 28, 2012, 09:46:59 PM »
Dead Can Dance - The Serpent's Egg
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Re: Reference Recordings
« Reply #33 on: July 29, 2012, 12:49:04 PM »
Michael Ruff - Speaking in Melodies

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Re: Reference Recordings
« Reply #34 on: July 29, 2012, 03:25:00 PM »
I have the 4 single sided 45 rpm Classic Records Time Out and I think it sounds better than the 90s CD.

I also have a mono 6-eye which is really nice. I prefer the mono for Morello's drum solo.
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Re: Reference Recordings
« Reply #35 on: July 30, 2012, 03:06:15 AM »
this thread is a sad reminder to myself why I'm no longer active on any of the half dozen audio forums I used to frequent. it's never less than shocking to me when I realize people spend so much effort and money on their rigs, only to listen to such trash. yeah, I'm a snob. :)p8
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Re: Reference Recordings
« Reply #36 on: July 30, 2012, 03:11:57 AM »
That's not my goal with audio gear at all.  I could care less about bad recordings, I just don't want my gear to make them worse and with headphones that's a tall order.  I personally think it's really sad for people to get so obsessed with SQ that they choose music based on the sound, not the content. 
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Re: Reference Recordings
« Reply #37 on: July 30, 2012, 03:26:06 AM »
The best thing about the Paradox is that it allows me to really enjoy less than amazing recordings, which are at least 80% of my music collection. Give the Omega 2 a top notch recording and it sounds glorious. Give it an average recording and it sounds average. The Paradox doesn't forgive absolute garbage, but it really does a lot with a little, more so than pretty much every other headphone I've heard.
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Re: Reference Recordings
« Reply #38 on: July 30, 2012, 05:59:07 AM »
Quote from: rhythmdevils on July 30, 2012, 03:11:57 AM
That's not my goal with audio gear at all.  I could care less about bad recordings, I just don't want my gear to make them worse and with headphones that's a tall order.  I personally think it's really sad for people to get so obsessed with SQ that they choose music based on the sound, not the content.

I agree but I also like to search for the best possible pressing of albums as much as I can. Sometimes though, I can't help but get carried away with the audiophile reference stuff just because of the sound at first. I actually start enjoying the musical content on some of them in the long run :D
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Re: Reference Recordings
« Reply #39 on: July 30, 2012, 09:10:30 AM »
I have a few headphones that handle less agreeable sounding music. Too much loudness-war-syndrome though and chances are I will not listen to certain albums again. Oh well...
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